133 S. Ct. 2120 - Tarrant Regional Water Dist. v. Herrmann’s Empirical Analysis

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3 federal appellate · 2 district · 4 state decisions

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1. “Interstate compacts are construed as contracts under the principles of contract law.” Tarrant Regional Water District v. Herrmann, — U.S. —, 133 S.Ct. 2120, 2130 , 186 L.Ed.2d 153 (2013) (citing Texas v. New Mexico, 482 U.S. 124, 128 , 107 S.Ct. 2279 , 96 L.Ed.2d 105 (1987)). Thus, as the Supreme Court instructed in Tarrant”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Wayne Land & Mineral Group, LLC v. Delaware River Basin Commission

2. “that States do not easily cede their sovereign powers, including their control over waters within their own territories[.]”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Wayne Land & Mineral Grp. LLC v. Del. River Basin Comm'n

3. “'course of performance under the Compact is highly significant' evidence of [their] understanding of the compact's terms”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Health Net, Inc. v. Dep't of Revenue